Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Now that we are fully in The Chase, we’ll be continuing Power Rankings for all of the Chase Drivers each week leading up to the Championship, no matter where they lie within our formula. Power Rankings now include our forecasted point totals, and where we see drivers finishing in this year's standings. While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined u

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Now that we are fully in The Chase, we’ll be continuing Power Rankings for all of the Chase Drivers each week leading up to the Championship, no matter where they lie within our formula. Power Rankings now include our forecasted point totals, and where we see drivers finishing in this year's standings. While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined u

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Avondale, Arizona for the Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Phoenix is a 1-mile oval with a signature dogleg just past the start/finish line. It served as the Championship Race for the past six years, though that has changed in 2026. The track opened in 1964, but the Cup Series didn’t start racing there until 1988. Alan Kulwicki won the

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats. Here we break down the upcoming race and let you know who to watch for. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Avondale, Arizona for the Timberland Pro 200 at Phoenix Raceway. Phoenix is a 1-mile oval with a signature dogleg just past the start/finish line. It served as the Championship Race for the past six years, though that has changed in 2026. The track opened in

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, you might be familiar with the Cup Series’ Stats Saturday article, but this year we are branching it out to the Top 3 Series. It’s now time for another Truck Stats Thursday. This weekend the Craftsman Truck Series travels to Avondale, Arizona for the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered by POET at Phoenix Raceway. Phoenix is a 1-mile oval with a signature dogleg just past the start/finish line. It served as the Championship Race for

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Now that we are fully in The Chase, we’ll be continuing Power Rankings for all of the Chase Drivers each week leading up to the Championship, no matter where they lie within our formula. Power Rankings now include our forecasted point totals, and where we see drivers finishing in this year's standings. While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined u

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Darlington, SC for the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Darlington is one of the oldest tracks on the NASCAR schedule, opening in 1950. It’s known for its unique egg-shaped 1.366-mile oval, with sharper corners in turns 3 and 4. Johnny Mantz won the inaugural race there in the Cup Series in 1950. Tyler Reddick won the race here earli

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Now that The Chase has arrived, we’ll be doing Power Rankings for all of the Chase Drivers each week leading up to the Championship, no matter where they lie within our formula. Here's a special edition of our Power Rankings, getting you ready for The Chase. Power Rankings will now include our forecasted point totals, and where we see drivers finishing in this year's standings. While finishing position is important, it’s

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday, this time on a Friday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Daytona Beach, Florida for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona is a 2.5-mile Super Speedway oval, with high banking and a tri-oval at the start-finish line. The track was opened in 1959, and Lee Petty won the inaugural race there in the Cup Series that same year. Tyler Reddick won the Daytona

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday, this time on a Thursday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Daytona Beach, Florida for the Winn Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona is a 2.5-mile Super Speedway oval, with high banking and a tri-oval at the start-finish line. The track was opened in 1959, and the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series started racing there in 1982. Dale Earnhardt Sr. wa

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Kyle Larson – This week: 10 – Last week: 18 It was a solid weekend for Kyle Larson in New Hampshire, as he finds his way back into the Power Rankings Top 10. He earned the most stage points

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Tyler Reddick – This week: 10 – Last week: 17 Reddick being on a cooler this summer has been well-documented. After having a commanding lead over the rest of the field, he now sits 4th in po

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Chase Briscoe – This week: 10 – Last week: 9 Briscoe has struggled a bit on road courses in the Cup Series, considering what success he had on them in the O’Reilly Auto Parts (Xfinity at the

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to San Diego, California for the Anduril 250 Race the Base at the Coronado Street Course, also known as the Qualcomm Circuit. This is the first year that NASCAR has done this race, and it is a brand-new track that is being built for this event. The circuit is planned to be 3.4 miles long, featuring 19 turns. Since this is the first event here, the

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to San Diego, California for the United Rentals Driven to Serve 250 at the Coronado Street Course, also known as the Qualcomm Circuit. This is the first year that NASCAR has done this race, and it is a brand-new track that is being built for this event. The circuit is planned to be 3.4 miles long, featuring 19 turns. Since th

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, you might be familiar with the Cup Series’ Stats Saturday article, but this year we are branching it out to the Top 3 Series. It’s now time for another Truck Stats Thursday. This weekend the Craftsman Truck Series travels to San Diego, California for the Navy 250 at the Coronado Street Course, also known as the Qualcomm Circuit. This is the first year that NASCAR has done this race, and it is a brand-new track that is being built fo

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Erik Jones – This week: 10 – Last week: 11 Erik Jones and Legacy Motor Club have been really improving these last few weeks. Jones has an average finish of just over 10th in the last five ra

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Long Pond, Pennsylvania for the Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway. Pocono is a unique triangle-shaped track that only has three corners rather than the traditional four. It is 2.5 miles long, and features three distinctly different corners, each modelled after other race tracks. Turn One is modelled after Trenton Speedway, Turn Two is

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway, built in 2001. Jeff Green won the first O’Reilly Series race there that same year. Brandon Jones won the most recent race at Kansas last year. Tomorrow’s race will be 200 laps long (for a total of 300 miles), with s

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Chase Briscoe – This week: 10 – Last week: 11 It felt like Briscoe was barely on the TV broadcast on Sunday in Michigan, though to be fair, there were a lot of things happening all at once.